Use Smart Albums to automatically organize your photos in iPhoto, by grouping like photos together. iPhoto automatically places images into Smart Albums, based on the criteria you specify, such as photos[more…]

With a feature called Voice Control, you can take advantage of voice calling (and some other functions too) with an older iPhone that doesn’t have Siri. If you have an iPhone that predates the 4S, you[more…]

Just about every championship baseball team has a valuable utility player to fill nearly every position. The versatile Disk Utility tool on your Mac serves this purpose for all things hard drive–related[more…]

As the Mac’s administrator, you have the right to open, view, and modify programs, folders, and files on your drive at will. Other user accounts on your system are given varying privileges to read and[more…]

You likely care a great deal about your Mac. But like everyone else, you’re busy and distracted from time to time, and however unlikely, it’s possible that you’d leave a running Mac notebook in the back[more…]

When shopping around for a great printer to complement your equally great Macintosh computer, keep an eye out for the following features. Such added extras could really enhance your printing experience[more…]

Microsoft Exchange e-mail is prevalent in business. Apple has widened its support for (and simplified setting up) Exchange e-mail accounts, the type you typically use for work. And you’ll not only have[more…]

iDVD is a program for authoring, or designing, a DVD. But Apple figures (probably not incorrectly) that DVDs are on their way out. Optical drives are no longer standard on the latest Mac desktop or notebooks[more…]

Whereas most Mac users don’t even break a sweat when they fire up Disk Utility in order to repair damaged disks or fix bungled permissions, some of Disk Utility’s capabilities are downright scary for the[more…]

Limiting any list to ten is difficult − especially when it lists indispensable websites about your trusted Mac. But even though this Mac website list isn’t comprehensive, it does include some pretty useful[more…]

Two Macs can be connected through a wired or wireless network in order to share files and printers. What are the benefits of wired networks for your Macs? Why might you want to go wireless? Here, you’ll[more…]

You can create a wireless network with most Macs by employing AirPort technology with the AirPort Extreme. The advantages of using AirPort Extreme to create a wireless Mac network include the following[more…]

You don’t need to be a newscaster to make podcasts with GarageBand, but knowing how to play with sound and video can help you produce quality results. When creating podcasts, ducking sound and importing[more…]

You can connect real instruments, such as electric keyboards and guitars to your Mac for use in GarageBand. Using real instruments with GarageBand produces not only better sound, but realistic practice[more…]

iMovie ’11 supports a wide range of digital camcorders, with various levels of quality and resolution. The type of camcorder you’ll want to purchase for iMovie depends on the type of videos you’re trying[more…]

Before you can turn the amazing footage into the next iMovie masterpiece, you must import the video you want to use into iMovie. You can import video from your hard disk, CD, or DVD, and iPhoto rather[more…]

The QuickTime Player in QuickTime X lets you capture audio and video on your Mac for a podcast or short video. To create the video, QuickTime X uses the iSight or FaceTime camera built into your Mac.[more…]

Dashboard widgets on your Mac are a reflection of your busy lives. Mac Dashboard widgets get you the information you want, now. Still, Mac widgets under Mountain Lion are now taking second fiddle to the[more…]

There are many ways you can secure the files and personal data you store on your Mac. It’s a good idea to learn how to secure your Mac data, because as you’ll find, no one method works in every situation[more…]

A Mac operating system and a Windows operating system generally perform the same basic tasks. Those operations just have different names and are found in different places. This table shows the rough equivalents[more…]

You know that frustrating, annoying, sometimes panicked feeling you get when your Mac isn’t doing what you expect? If an application freezes or your computer is generally misbehaving, try these tips to[more…]